IPA Claims that Scots business will not prosper from Games success
The IPA has submitted a response to the Scottish Executive on the draft Glasgow Commonwealth Games Bill to voice its concerns that it will prevent any local business, other than the official sponsors, from associating themselves in any way with the 2014 Games.
If Glasgow does win the opportunity to host the Commonwealth Games – a decision that will be made on November 9 – an ‘associated right’ within the bill proposal, which is similar to that of the London Olympic ‘association right’, will limit genuine freedom of commercial expression, according to the IPA.
The trade body claimed that the move would “set yet another unfortunate precedent for other major events to do the same, which once again will have a serious and negative effect on business, advertisers, agencies and fair competition.”